page_title: Legislative Council of Hong Kong
section_title: Elections of the Legislative Council
hierarchical_section_title: Legislative Council of Hong Kong / Elections of the Legislative Council
caption_attribution_description: English: Vote share of the Legislative Council elections
context_page_description: The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the unicameral legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
  The legislature is a body comprising 70 members, 35 of whom are directly elected through five geographical constituencies under the proportional representation system with largest remainder method and Hare quota, while the other 35 are indirectly elected through interest-group-based functional constituencies with limited electorates. Under the constitutional reform package passed in 2010, 5 of the 35 members elected from functional constituencies are from the District Council functional constituency, with candidates nominated by the District Councillors and elected by territory-wide electorates.
  The Legislative Council was first established in 1843 under the Charter of the British colony of Hong Kong as an advisory council to the Governor. The powers and functions of the legislature expanded throughout its history.
context_section_description: The latest election was held on 4 September 2016. The pro-Beijing camp retained control of the Legislative Council with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) as the largest party.
caption: Vote share of the Legislative Council elections by party since 1991.
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